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SWINGING AND SLIDING WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED IEB. 26. 1918. RENEwED MAR. I4. I9I9.

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ALPHONSE A. SEBASTIAN, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ANDREW HOFFMAN MFG'. CO., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

SWINGING A Nn SLIDING wIn'Dow.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 22, i919.

Applicatoniled February 26, 1918, Serial No. 219,191. Renewed March 14, 1919. Serial No. 282,720.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALPHONSE A. SEBAS- TIAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improve- 'ments in Swinging and Sliding Windows;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact'description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved form of a swinging and sliding window, equipped with roller hangers and guides which permit the window to swing outwardly out of the window casing and also provide a means whereby the window, when open, may be slidably moved across the window casing into any desired position without frictional` resistance.y

It is an obj ect of this invention to provide a window equipped with rollers permitting the window to 'be readily swung out of the window casing and moved longitudinally thereacross. f i

It is also anobject of the invention to construct a window adapted to be held in position by means of roller supports permitting a swinging as well as a sliding adjustment of the window in its frame with a minimum of frictional resistance. i i

It is an important object of this invention to construct a swinging and sliding window of simple and effective form adapted when open, to be readily moved into any desired position across the window casing by means of roller supports and guides which permit movement of the window without undue sashes in open position.

Fig. 2 is a section taken .on line `2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, with parts in elevation.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary detail section taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary top plan view of the1 roller support at the upper end of a sas i.

Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the roller guihde mechanism at the lower end of the sas Fig. 7 is a fragmentary top plan view of a sash equipped with a modified form of rollerl hanger. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary section taken through the upper portion of a window showing the sashes in open position, and provided with the modified form of roller hangers, shown in elevation.

As shown on the drawings:

The reference numeral 1, indicates the side members or j ambs of a window frame, 2 indicates the sill, and 3, the head or top frame member. Rigidly secured by screws or other suitable means to the sill 2, is a guide plate 4, having an upturned rib or iange 5, integral with one marginal edge thereof, and spaced a short distance from the vertical surface 6, of the sill. Secured within a recess formed in the bottom of the upper frame member 3, is an inverted channel guide member 7, the margins of the flanges of which are bent inwardly toward one another to form tracks, rails or supporting guides 8, spaced from each other to form a slot therebetween. Two window sashes 10 and 11, are shown, but of course, any number `may be used hingedly connected one to the other to permit simultaneous movement thereof.

Rigidly secured by means of screws 12,

on the upper surface of each sash at one endv of said surface is a plate 13, on which a roller hanger is mounted comprising a yoke 14, having an integral downwardly directed or vertical shaft 15, on which is rotatably journaled a horizontally disposed guide roller 16, which engages in the guide slot of the channel 7, and rests upon the plate 13. The roller hanger is held in position on the sash by means of a bolt 17, which projects upwardlythrough the, plate 13, and engages in the lower end of the shaft 15. Disposed longitudinally in the upper portion of the yoke 14, is an axle 18, on each end of which is journaled a vertical supporting Secured by means of screws 20, within a recess or notch formed in one corner ofthe bottom of each sash, is a plate 21. A horizontal guide roller 23, is rotatably journaled on a pin 24 secured at right angles to the plate 21. aid guide roller 23, has seated thereon an apertured guide or retaining plate 23a, which is pivotally engaged on the pin 24, and is provided with an integral downwardly directed flange 24a, which is disposed between the flange 5, and the face 6 of the sill 2. The roller 23, is adapted to roll on the flange 5, when a sash is opened or moved across the window frame. The flange 24a, of thev movably mounted guide plate 23a, is of a length suilicient to permit the same to engage behind the flange 5, of the guide plate 4, to hold the pivoted margin of each sash in the plane of the window frame. A window screen 22, is shown mounted in the window frame to the inside of the sashes. Said screen is provided with a hinged section 25, which may be raised to permit adjustment of the sashes. It will, of course, be understood that any suitable type of lock may be used to hold the sashes locked in closed position.

Figs. 7 and 8, show a modified forni of roller hanger for the upper ends of the sashes, and comprises a yoke embracing two parallel arms 26, integrally connected to one another by a cross-bar 27, having an opening or aperture in the middle thereof, through which a supporting bolt or rivet 28, projects. The head of the bolt 28, rests uponthe upper surface of the cross-bar 27, and the lower end of said bolt is secured to the plate 13, of a sash. To hold the sash hung in position in the window frame, an axle 29, is longitudinally disposed in each of the yoke arms 26, and journaled on each end of each of said axles is a supporting roller 30, which rests upon one of the tracks 8, of the channel guide 7, as clearly shown in Fig. 8. i

The operation is as follows:

To open the window, the sashes 10 and 11, are pushed outwardly. Owing to the hinged connection between said sashes, they both move outwardly an equal amount, and the rollers 16, roll in the slot of the guide channel 7, between the tracks 8, and the supporting rollers 19, run on the tracks 8. At the lower ends of the sashes, the rollers 23, roll on the flange 5, of the plate 4, and are held from frictional engagement with said plate 4, due to the hanging arrangement of the sashes. To prevent the lower ends of the sashes from moving outwardly away from the flange 5, the lflanges 24a, are slidably engaged in back of the flange 5, of the sill plate 4.

When the sashes are fully opened, as shown in Fig. 1, or only partially1 opened and at an angle with respect to one another, said sashes may be slid toward either' side of the window frame, the rollers 16, rotating in the slot between the tracks 8, and the rollers `23, engaging the guide flange 5. During such sliding movement of the sashes,

, the supporting rollers 19, of course, run on the tracks 8. The roller fittings for the sashes afford a means whereby said sashes may be readily and easily moved without any appreciable frictional resistance, to effect any desired opening of the window.

The operation of the modified. form of roller hanger shown in Figs. 7 and 8, is very simple and during an opening operation of a sash, the supporting rollers 30, roll on the tracks 8, and any swinging movement of the sash takes place through the supporting bolt 28, which is rotatably engaged in the apertured connecting bar 27, of the roller hanger.

I am aware that numerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a window, 'a frame, a slotted channel member secured in the top frame member, a flanged guide member secured on the frame sill, hingedly connected sashes in said frame, a plurality of vertically and horizontally .disposed rollers attached to the top of each sash and rotatably engaging said slotted channel member, a pin secured in the bottom of each sash, a roller on each `of said pins adapted to rotatably engage the flange of said guide member, and a flanged guide plate pivotally mounted on each of said pins above said lower roller and adapted to engage the flanged guide member to hold the pivotal points of the sashes in the plane of the window frame.

2. In a window, a frame, a guide above and a guide below, hingedly connected sashes in said frame, supporting means attached to the sashes and traveling on the upper guide, vertical pins at the bottom of the sashes, rollers mounted to rotate on the pins in a horizontal plane and to bear upon the lower guide, and flanged elements carried by the sashes and engaging over the lower guides to confine the roller in operative relation thereto.

3. In a window, a frame, a channel guide above anda flanged guide below, hingedly connected sashes in said frame, suspending means attached to the sashes and traveling in the upper guide, vertical pins at the bottom of the sashes in vertical `alin'ement with the upper suspending vmeans, rollers mounted to rotate on the pins in a horizontal l plane and to bea-ron the lower guide flange,

tatively engage the flange of said guide, and a flanged guide plate plvotally mounted on each of said pins above said lower rollers .and adapted to engage the lianged guide tu hold the pivotal points of the sashes in the plane of the window frame.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALPHONSE A. SEBASTIAN.

Witnesses:

LAWRENCE REIBSTEIN, CHARLES W. HILLS, Jr.

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Washington, D. C. 

